The NY based, long-running trio The Gate led by Dan Peck on tuba and effects, with double bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer Brian Osborne, in a cassette culled from live concerts in Hannover and Brussels while on a European tour in November of 2015, "a brutally unfiltered representation of The Gate's special brand of spontaneous composition."

"Peck's long-running trio the Gate, with double bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer Brian Osborne, play roiling sludge that makes Black Sabbath sound lithe and springy-it seethes, grinds, and throbs at the bottom end of the sonic spectrum. A 2016 cassette release from Peck's own Tubapede label called Live! consists of two awesomely lumbering jams clocking in at 43 and 36 minutes. Peck and Blancarte create corrosive, ominous clouds of viscous bass tones, abraded and abstracted by electronic processing: rumbling puffs, honks, and surprisingly agile lines from Peck, and detuned arco drones and gnarled plucks from Blancarte. Meanwhile Osborne moves from slow-motion grooves to fractured, splattery improvisation and back again.

The night was cold and dark. On the table lay an unopened envelope. Suddenly, I felt a tremor, a dark presence moved through the room. In the distance, a bodiless scream of pain reverberated endlessly.

Culled from live concerts in Hannover and Brussels while on a European tour in November of 2015, "Live!" is a brutally unfiltered representation of The Gate's special brand of spontaneous composition. Dan Peck, tuba and effects; Tom Blancarte, upright electric bass; Brian Osborne, percussion."-The Gate